Creating and Managing Users

Once installation is complete, Orchid Hybrid/Fusion VMS is configured with one (Hybrid/Fusion) administrator user by default; this user is created during installation and cannot be removed. Additional users for Orchid Hybrid/Fusion VMS can be created with varying levels of privileges through the Users option in Orchid Hybrid/Fusion VMS’s System Menu.

Permissions for Hybrid/Fusion users are handled using a combination of the Users and the Permission Groups features. Any Hybrid/Fusion user that is configured in the system will be able to sign into Orchid Hybrid/Fusion VMS. The user will not have access to any cameras or video, however, until the Administrator assigns them as a member of one or more Permission Groups. (Please refer to the Permission Groups section for details regarding planning and creating Permission Groups.)

Orchid Hybrid/Fusion VMS provides the Administrator with the ability to manage Orchid Recorder users as well. Permissions for these users are still handled using four basic roles: Administrator, Manager, Viewer, and Live Viewer. Orchid Recorder users are handled as part of Orchid server management. Please refer to The Users Tab section for details.

*You must be a member of an Administrator group to create and manage users.

*After initial sign in, Administrators should not use the default Admin account. Instead, each Administrator should create an individual User account as part of an Administrator group. If you sign in as the default Administrator, when you sign out, you will automatically sign out any other Administrator users that are signed in with the default Administrator credentials.

*Beginning in version 23.3, Hybrid/Fusion allows all end-users to change their own passwords. Administrators will still need to assign user passwords to give users initial access.

*If Orchid Hybrid/Fusion VMS is configured to work with one of the external authentication options (such as Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID/Azure A-D, or FreeIPA), the Users list may include locally added Hybrid/Fusion users, but won’t list individual users from the external authentication sources. This is because all of the external users originate as users that already exist in the external system. (Orchid Recorder user lists will still appear and Administrators will have the ability to add and manage those users.)